669 A Million Times for You 31 (1/2)

Shi Xiaoyu bumped into her elder son, Tuoba Hancheng, the moment she made her way downstairs.

”Are you looking for your father?” she asked.

”Yes. Mother, I'd like to move out of the Autumn Palace,” said Tuoba Hancheng, who seemed to be in low spirits. He felt that there was no longer a need to be trapped in this palace since there was no chance of him becoming the president anyway.

”Where are you moving to?”

”Anywhere but here.”

Shi Xiaoyu could not be bothered to intervene and said simply, ”Go inform your father about it. I'm staying out of your decision.”

Tuoba Hancheng headed upstairs and soon disappeared out of sight.

Shi Xiaoyu was troubled and plagued with woes. Decades have passed since she married Tuoba Rui. Yet, they had slept on the same bed for only a pathetically small number of times.

Surprisingly, they actually gave birth to three children.

She had never once in her life managed to win his heart.

There were barely any feelings of love and graciousness, which a married couple ought to have, between them at all.

Shi Qingzhou was undeniably a huge thorn in Shi Xiaoyu's flesh that would forever bring her pain, anger, and misery. She initially thought that Shi Qingzhou would never be able to escape her clutches for the rest of her life, yet…

Had she known earlier, she would have just killed Shi Qingzhou right away, instead of putting her through years of physical and mental torment.

Seems like she had overestimated her own abilities.

Since Shi Qingzhou had already escaped, it would be difficult to nab her again.

Shi Xiaoyu was incredibly frustrated and perturbed.

——

When he followed him to the office in the morning, Fan Shixin discovered that Jin Qingyan was behaving differently than before.

He was different in the sense that he seemed to be extremely focused and preoccupied with something.

In Fan Shixin's memory, there was only one person who could manage to become such a great distraction to Jin Qingyan.

”Young Sir…”

Jin Qingyan looked at him and asked, ”What's the matter?”

”Are you thinking of Ms. An?”

”Do you really think I'll be distracted by an irrelevant person during work hours?” Jin Qingyan asked.

”Of course not. Young Sir, you've always been attentive and focused when it comes to work. You're definitely not one to be distracted.”

”Has there been any progress in the matter I told you to check up on?” Jin Qingyan asked, keeping his eyes fixed on the computer screen while punching his fingers on the keyboard furiously.

”Yes. I was planning to report to you after getting all the details.”

”It's fine, just tell me everything you know now.”

”The auction is to be held in D City tonight, though the authenticity of the auctioned items is still unknown. However, this piece of news has already managed to entice a huge bunch of people. I believe there'll be a bloodbath in D City tonight. Young Sir, would you like to make a trip there?”

”It's unlikely that the items would be authentic. Those stuff are priceless items that money can't buy. We'll just watch them make a fool of themselves,” Jin Qingyan said calmly, not at all tempted by the news.

”Maybe it's genuine?”

”It couldn't be found despite years of searching, and yet they claim to have found it so out of the blue. I doubt it'd be genuine. Now that I think about it, the truth could really be just baseless. I'm almost losing all my interest in this matter.”

Fan Shixin received an incoming call from his subordinate, after which he frantically reported to Jin Qingyan, ”Ms. An has booked a flight to D City.”

Jin Qingyan stopped what he was doing and asked, ”Are you sure it's D City?”

”Yes. But I don't think she's there for the auction. Besides, even if it's real, I doubt Ms. An would be able to buy it. After all, she can't afford such priceless items anyway. I reckon she must have something else to attend to in D City.”

”Don't tell me Ji Yu is in D City too?”

Stunned by his random question, Fan Shixin answered, ”No, he's not. I've already checked, Major Ji is currently on a mission elsewhere.”

”Continue to tail her and see if she wears a mask to D City.”

”Got it.”

”Young Sir… why didn't you make Ms. An stay after your tea session with her last night?” Fan Shixin asked curiously.

”It's not like you don't know what her temper is like. She's so sharp and obstinate. I'll only be making her detest me more by forcing her to stay. Don't they always say that absence makes the heart grow fonder? Hmm, don't you think I've gotten much better at curbing my urges and controlling my emotions?”